Bottle-filling apparatus.



'1". J. LBVBY BOTTLE FILLING APPARATUS. APPLZOA TIOI IILED JULY 15, 1910.

992,721. Patented May 16,1911.

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T. JQLEVEYF BOTTLE FILLHTG APPARATUS. APYILLO'ATIONTILEI? .TVDLY 15, 1910.

- Batented May 16, 19121,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. LEVEY, OF WASHINGTON. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ASSIGNOR "TO THE INTERNATIONAL CAP AND SEALING-MACHINE COMPANY, OF HIGHLANDTOWN, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND.

BOTTLE-FILLING APPARATUS.

992,721 Specification of Letters Patent. Patent-d Mia) 16, 19.11. Application filed. July 15, 1910. Serial No. 572,178.

To all whom it may concern: l Fig. 4. ll'hen. however. the said sleevcs'6 55- Be it known that I. THOMAS J. LnvEY, a l are thrown over into their .other [extrema citizen of the nited States. residing at position, as shown in dotted lines in .Fig'. 'ashington in the District of Columbia, 4 and in full lines in Fig. the said ports 5 have invented certain new and useful Illl- 9 and 10 are out of register as indicated.

plUvttlltllls'lll l'lottle-Filling Apparatus; and The said extensions 5 are alsoprovidedwith 60 I do hereby declare the following to be a cut away places on-their exterior. constitutfull, clear. and exact description of the ining vent passages 11, and when the part-s are I v v'ent on, such will enable others skilled l in the position shown 1!] full lines in 131$. l

10 in the art to which it appertains to make 4, said vent passages register with. the. vent and use the some. passa 'es 12 and 13 carried by the sleeves 6 This invention relates tobottle filling apas wi 1 be readily understood. Thesleevcs paratus. and is especially adapted for filling l are also provided with a packingv 15 adapted bottles with beer or other gas bearing liquids i to fit snuglv around the bottleflnmd. and 15 which have a sutlicientl high surface tenwith a suitable means 16 for holding; said sion to render the air vents liable to be packing in position. A filling pivm-l'T-also 70 clogged during the-filling operation. extends from theport 10 down to near the The object of the invention is to produce bottom of the bottle. The parts, 1U 15. to a device of this naturewhich will be simple and 17 P DS Ut my fi ng head}; In Order 20 and inexpensive to construct. and one which d the cal QWS 5 liqu d will be more eflicient inaction than those the Conical ehiildllslwlfi I pref? *P 'QE- 75 heretofore produced. vide springs 19 which normally to'rcc said- To these ends the invention consists in the 6 their Seats: lly novel combinations of parts and in the cle- Rlldelstoodtails of coi'istructioninore fully hereinafter So far as now discl-osed. it is-evuleut that. disclosed and particularly pointed out in the & bOtfle- 90 1S 1 v -W 9 i for 80 claims. filling, as indicated in Fin.- 1. and it the Referring to the accompanying drawings sleeve 6 thereupon turned from the loucd forming a part of this specification in which line position. shown in n1. -l. to the lul lik n l f m lik -t 1 311 th line positlon shown in said figure. that lupud' .vlews:-l?i; gurc 1 is a perspective view of q will flow through the faucet 3. llli*.-!un "is n beer keg with my improvement applied and 1.0. and the pipe 17 to the ottom ot the thereto: Fig. 2 is a plan'vicw of the bottl bottle. and will fill the same. \Yllllt the-air filling faucet detached from th k g-,{Fi 3 contained in the bottle will e cape ih-rough 35 i a e tion-.11 detail view of the vent plug: the passages 122.11 and 13 tln'ough ihc pipe I Fig. l is a view of the faucet and of the vent the 'WlIf 1 9 and both m. ie kc; ".1,90 clearingdevice partly in section; a d Fi It often happens. howcvei gi-udealiufig viih 5 is a sectional detail View of the bottle fill- 111111111): Qelatious liquidssiur hpcludluu 'ing head. the vent por ch as 11-. 12 and l3= w?euil|t':.

40 1 represents any suitable'beer supply. :3

guunned up orfcloscd with foamund other a vent plug, 3 a bottle filling faucet and t substances which are more or less o idizahle. 5 pipes connecting the vent plug and faucet, and that al-tliounlr. the houle lilting head The faucet 3 is provided with theT sh p d may work sat lst'actorilv tor a tiuna. yet extensions 5 preferably conical in shape. l ventually the vent refuse to act and the over which fit the valve sleeves G as best bottles cannot be tilled with the desired inshown in Figs. 4 and 5. The extensions 5 cilitv. In order to obviate this dillieuliy. T are provided-with the lugs 7, between which provide the pipes. lwith the valve; 2; at play the lugs 8, one 011 each sleeve 6. and j one end. and at the other end of the pipes. therefore said lugs Tserve to limit the 111ovepreferably l'l]T 1hl0,ll1U vent plug. l provide 0 ment of the said sleeves 6 around the exthe valves 23. as shown. I also PI'UYlllt' tensions 5. The said extensions 5 are' prosaid pipes l with the coiupre -ion hulhs :5. vided with the beer ports9 which are in one lt' now. the vent passages should' fhmmuposition of the sleeves adapted to register clogged for any cause. [Jl't llll' upon a bulb with the bottle filliue' ports 10'. as shown in 25 will seat the valv'e :2 and force any air register the flow of fluid is cut ofli or gas that may exist in said bulb back into the keg througlrthe Valve 23. v Upon releasing the bulb 25, the pressure in the keg will close the valve 23, and. theretorea partial vacuum will exist in the bulb 25. It now the ports 9 and 10 are brought into. register,

it is evident since the pressure in the keg is not counterbalanced by any pressure in the bulb 25, that the said keg pressure will force anopening through the'vent passages 11, 12 and 13, and again ill the bulb with air or gas.

go on uninterruptcdly until the passages become clogged again, when a pressure upon the bulb will again clear said passages. \Vhen the bottles are to be disengaged from the filling heads, the latter are turned tothe dotted line'position shown in Fig. et. whereupon the-ports 9 and 10- being out of It is obvious'that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and the arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit 0t my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claims.

What I claim: is: V

1. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of a faucet adapted to communicate ,With a barrel; a filling head communicating with said faucet;- a vent carried by said filling head and faucet; aconnection with said vent adapted to lead into said barrel; a check valve associated with each end of said connection; and a bulb in said connec- *tion adapted to create'a partial vacuum therein," and to force foam back into said barrel; substantially as described.

2. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of a faucet adapted to be connected. with a barrel and provided with an extension a filling head provided with a sleeve fitt ng said extension; a vent passage carried bysaid extension and filling head; a vent plug adapted to connect with said barrel;

a-pipe connecting said vent pl g and Vent After the vent passages have once been cleared,-the' filling action will then passage; a valve associated with each end of said pipe; and a bulb adapted to create a partial vacuum in said pipe and to force foam into saidbarrel, substantially as described.

3. Ina bottle filling machine, the combi nation of a barrel; a faucet connected with said barrel and provided with an extension; a filling head provided with a sleeve fitting said extension and adapted to oscillate around the same; lugs carried by said cit-- tension; a lug carried by said sleeve and adapted to be limited in its motion by said first mentioned lugs; a vent passage carried bysaid extension and filling head adapted to be controlled by said lugs; a vent plug connected to said barrel; a pipe connecting said vent plug and ventpassage; a valve associated with each end of said pipe; and a bulb adapted to create a partial. vacuum in said pipe, substantially as described.

4. In a bottle filling machine, the combi' nation of a barrel; a faucet connected with said barrel and provided with a plurality of conical extensions; filling heads provided with oscillatlng tapered sleeves fitting sald extensions; said extensions provided with cutaway vent passages and said sleeves pro vided with passages adapted to move into and out of register with said cut away pas sages; springs carried by said extensions adapted to normally hold said sleeves to their seats; stops carried bysaid extensions and sleeves adaptedto'l'imit the oscillations of said sleeves; a vent plug connected with said barrel; valved pipes connecting said vent passages and said vent plug; and bulbs carried by said pipes adapted to create partial vacuums in said pipes in order that.

the pressure in the barrel may be permitted to clear said vents when 0 ogged, .substantially as described. I

In testimony whereof I alfix ny signature, in presenceof two witnesses.

THOMAS J. LEVEY.

\Vitnesses;

T. A. WITHnRsPooN, R. M. PARKER. 

